Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday he wont sign a new budget unless lawmakers agree to a major ethics overhaul. This as former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is about to be replaced by a lawmaker who is also the Bronx Democratic boss.

Is the circus back in Albany?

The audience at New York Law School probably didn’t know it, but Gov. Cuomo drove from Albany in a snowstorm to lay down the law to Albany lawmakers — ethics reform … or else, CBS2’s Marcia Kramer reported.

“A single corruption case is one too many,” Cuomo said.

Cuomo said that the extortion and bribery case against Silver makes it imperative for lawmakers to understand the time is now to restore trust in government.

“I’ve seen acts of corruption after acts of corruption after acts of corruption. I’ve seen a whole string of politicians, one after the other, saying ‘I’m not like the other guy, trust me,’ and I had my heart broken again and again and again,” the governor said.